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TIL Most Americans Believe Crime in U.S. Is Worsening, Despite a sharp decline since the mid-1990s

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WQ09 TIL that Ronald Reagan gave info on fellow actors to the FBI, and later received political favors from J Edgar Hoover
mxoYy TIL: Atheletes have a resting heart rate of 40 bpm whereas others have it at around 70 bpm. Because they have stronger heart muscles.
pEoG TIL numerous studies find no evidence for Vitamin C (or other cold supplements) reducing/preventing colds and flu
r750 TIL that more Nazis were killed by the Russians in the Battle of Stalingrad alone than were killed during the entire WWII by America
LPbQ TIL An idiot is a person perceived to be lacking intelligence. A dunce is an idiot who is specifically incapable of learning. An idiot is different from a fool (who is unwise) and an ignoramus (who is uneducated/an ignorant), since neither refers to someone with low intelligence.